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Urban rehabilitation and regeneration projects directly supported by Istanbul 2010 Agency In spite of such unfortunate implementations where Istanbul 2010 Agency has had neither the power nor the authority to intervene, there are also…

Nearby, a new urban district is planned, with the aim of ensuring the development of Metz over the next 20 years. In Lens, a city close to Lille where the social and economic crisis is still very strong, the Louvre has decided to open a…

…of development (tourism infrastructure, public realm, and so on), it is often not clear what the potential lasting impact might be in terms of urban regeneration (see European Commission, 2009: 7, referring to the ex-post evaluations of…

Keywords: European Capital of Culture; cultural policy; urban regeneration; Ireland; Cork city Introduction In October 2004, in the run-up to its year as European Capital of Culture (ECOC) in 2005, Dr Franco Bianchini gave a lecture in…

…Una reflexión poética de expatriada y turista en casa, sobre la necesidad de hacer y reinventar nuestras ciudades durante este Cities, City regeneration When the Games can’t go on… The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been…

Deconstructing the Creative City: Snapshots from Helsinki Since the 1990s, innovation, culture and creativity have become new catchwords in urban development as a growing number of cities started promoting and marketing themselves with a…

…and has been utilised in other cities throughout the world – is that the ECoC as a major cultural policy investment, can be a driver for urban regeneration and lead to sustainable long-term positive change.

JANSSON, A. (2003) The negotiated city image: reproduction and change through urban con- sumption, Urban Studies, 40(3) pp. 463–479. JENKINS, O. (1999) Understanding and measuring tourist destination images, International Jour- nal of…

…it as a tool to legitimize the EU project and to promote a sense a belonging and local governance structures can use it as a route for urban transformation and as an entrepreneurial strategy of urban governance (Harvey 1989).

…process of being, designated for the years up to 2033. (6) The Culture Compass recognises the revitalising role of culture, beyond 2033, in urban contexts and acknowledges the role of the European Capitals of Culture (ECoC) in contributing…

…the ideas of projects that are surely doomed to failure in advance – an overpriced hall, worthless and meaningless in architectural and urban planning terms, with noone to run it, a cable car from nowhere to nowhere...” CD statement: The…

Grant programme for the provision of grants for the promotion of folk traditions Grants are provided in particular to promote traditional folk culture, regional cultural traditions, events and the continuous activities of folk groups of…

That said, the fund’s activities were put on hold in 2025 following the opinion issued by the Czech Ministry of Finance on 28 May 2025 on whether territorial self-governing units are permitted to establish foundations and endowment funds.